National Advisory Board

National Advisory Board

Co-Chairs: Billy Langenstein and Richard Fenton

Kirk Arthur, Director of Worldwide Public Safety and Justice, Microsoft

Matt Bettenhausen, CSSP, Sr. Vice President and Chief Security, Health & Safety Officer, AEG Worldwide

Scott Breor, Associate Director, Office of Security Programs, Infrastructure Security, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA)

Virginia Brophy Achman, Former Executive Director, Twin Cities in Motion

Jason DiJoseph, Unit Chief, Crisis Management Unit, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Scott Dunn, Senior Director, Business Development Solutions and Services, Axis Communications

William Evans, Police Chief, Boston College

Richard Fenton, CSSP, (Co-Chair), Vice President/CSO, Corporate Security & Safety, Ilitch Holdings, Inc.

Brian Finch, Partner, Co-Chair of Cyber and Global Security Practice Group, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Gary Gardner, CEO, TOTALeACCESS, Inc.

Steve Georgas, CSSP, Chief Security Officer, Levy

Mike Hartnett, Vice President of Venue Security, Ilitch Sports and Entertainment

Elliot Hopkins, Director of Educational Services Associations, National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS)

Michael Hughes, Deputy Director, INTERPOL Washington

John Junell, Global Security Operations, Live Nation Entertainment

Billy Langenstein, CSSP, (Co-Chair), Director, Security Services and Investigations, National Football League (NFL)

Joe Lewis, Founder & CEO, Joe Lewis Company

Jared Maples, Executive Vice President and Chief Security Officer, National Hockey League (NHL)

Jim Mercurio, Former Executive Vice President, San Francisco 49ers, and Levi’s Stadium General Manager

Joe Monroe, CSSP, Chief of Police, University of Kentucky

Larry Naifeh, Executive Associate Athletic Director, University of Oklahoma

Leon Newsome, Chief Security Officer, National Basketball Association (NBA)

Jeannette Neyses, Founder and CEO, The Baghera Group

Steve Olson, Senior Director, Corporate Security, PGA TOUR

Linda Reid, Vice President of Security, Walt Disney World

Michael Rodriguez, Senior Advisor, USTA & US Open Security

Andrea Schultz, Director, Strategic Security Programs and Policy, National Football League (NFL)

Russ Simons, Managing Partner, Venue Solutions Group

Jeff Stonebreaker, CSSP, Senior Vice President, Safety and Security, Major League Soccer (MLS)

David Thomas, Vice President, Security and Ballpark Operations, Major League Baseball (MLB)

Eddie Washington, Executive Director, Division of Public Safety and Security, University of Michigan